SESSION 11 - DAY 1

[idolpro]

[ You find yourself in your respective unit's zone, with a mini-map on your phone, as well as your objectives:


Kill as many competitors as you can.
Destroy zones by breaking their statues.
Not enough action = We start killing you :)

Underneath the objectives is the number of revivals you have left, as well as whatever miscellaneous details about scoring points—killing a unitmate results in negative points, five units will be healed at most, etc.

The starting horn sounds. Let the games begin. ]

Comments

[heavyliesthecrown]

[ He turns his head toward him but it's as though he's looking beyond him. Not at him. Not at Lupine.

His hands twitch in his grasp. ]

Why-

[ Why why why why- ]

It's not right-

[irregular]

No.

[K's gaze is steady, and there's a red mark on one of his cheeks.]

It isn't.

[He turns to Lupine.]

You gotta let him fix it.

[And he backhands Tsukasa sharply across one cheek.]

Let him go.

[at_heart]

[ What, hey— ] [ But before the protest actually makes its way out of his mouth, Lupine registers that. K seems — better...?

—Turning to Tsukasa. ...can he let you go now? ]

[heavyliesthecrown]

[ BACKHANDED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS LIFE ]

O-Ouch...!

[ THAT HURT. ]

[irregular]

Yeah, it was supposed to.

[K scratches at his arm again.]

It's better. Keeps them quiet.

[heavyliesthecrown]

At least it isn't screaming in my mind anymore.

[ As soon as Lupine releases his wrists he lifts a hand up to rub at his cheek.]

But thank you both for stopping...

[ His hands... have seen better days. ]

[at_heart]

—You going to be okay?

[ He can't say he doesn't also feel kind of itchy, so if that's all it is... ] [ A flickered look at Tsukasa, then back to K, then— ]

...The punch woke you up?

[ That's a little embarrassing, considering he was not. trying. to do that. ]

[irregular]

I guess. It sort of - reset?

[at_heart]

...great. [ Beat. ] —Wish I could say I'd done it on purpose. [ Apologetic sort of grin. ]

[heavyliesthecrown]

I will be just fine. My mind was a jumbled mess for a bit there, but to steal K-san's words, it feels as though my head... reset, so to speak.

[ A glance up to Lupine. ]

There was nothing for you? It seems you escaped without any side effects.

[at_heart]

[ His eyes flick away, intent thought for a few seconds, before he says: ]

—If you'd asked me a minute ago, I wouldn't have said nothing, but. Relatively, yeah.

[ There's a reason why he dropped his barkskin the second he came back to himself. Didn't help as much as he wanted it to. But he doesn't feel compelled to claw his own skin off or try to get himself killed in a duel, so. ]

[heavyliesthecrown]

. . . Somehow, we all lucked out.

[ He will properly pull himself out of the car now that he has also returned to normal, and ignore the pain he inflicted upon his own hands with only a slight wince as rubs at one of his wrists. ]

Have we already been locked in? I feel that our time has already expired.

[at_heart]

[ Did we, Tsukasa. His eyes flick down to your hands. ]

Tenn seems okay. You and K are — better now. [ A glance around... ] Where's Aether?

[heavyliesthecrown]

[ Ahem. He'll ignore the glance for now and focus on the question. ]

Last I saw him, I believe he was on-

[ He turns around to look, and sure enough- ]

Oh goodness. [ He doesn't look well either. Almost at once, he takes off toward the school building. ]

I'll go get him!

[ Since walking up the side of a building is as easy as pie. Which he promptly does. ]

[at_heart]

[ Good man. Lupine will turn his attention on — Alphinaud, then. If it's just a matter of hitting them— ]